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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTA MCBLAIR, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,721, dated November1'7, 1885. Application filed December 9, 1884. Serial No. 149,840. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUsTA MOBLAIR, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, haveinventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of whichthe following i-s a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention has for its object the production of an ironing-boardwhich shall be adapted to readily receive the garment to be ironed-such,for instance, as a skirt, shirt, 8vo-and to allow its convenientmanipulation upon the board.

The invention is also intended to serve as an ordinary kitchen-tablewhen not in use as an ironing-board; or it may serve, simultaneously, asau ironing-board and a table.

The employment of the ordinary ironingboard has been found to beinconvenient, and when, as it ordinarily is, mounted upon the backs oftwo chairs is liable to be knocked over or to form an obstruction tofree movement about a small room. It is also generally found to be inthe way when not in use.

My invention when not employed as an ironing-board or a table, may befolded down so as to be entirely out of the way, as in the case ofordinary folding tables long in approved use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myinvention, showing the board adapted to receive a garment to be ironed.Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the invention arranged to form anordinary table. Fig. 3 shows the invention foldeddown. Fig. 4 is aperspective view showing a modification of the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the respectiveIigures.

A is a board or plank, which is attached to the wall or any othersuitable support by nails or in any other suitable manner. By preferencethe board A is surrounded at its edges by strips a of a depth somewhatgreater than the thickness of the ironing-board. The ironing-boardproper is shown by B, it being hinged to the upper strip, a, as shown.The

board from the point b is cut out, forming the part b', which part isintended to receive the garment to be ironed. The part b may haveparallel sides, as shown in full lines, or be made narrower at its outerextremity, as shown in dotted lines. A smaller hinged board, C, ishinged to the upper strip, a, which board is of a shape corresponding tothat of the removed part of the board A, and when in position, as shownin Fig. 2, forms, with the board B, a table of extended area, which maybe used as a kitchen dining-table, or for other kitchen purposes. Theboard is supported in position by brackets c, which are hinged to stripsc', attached to the board A. The brackets c are thus made capable ofbeing moved dat against the said board A when not in use,

The object of placing the strips a around the board A is to form arecess into which the board or boards and brackets may rest when theboard or table is in its depressed or folded, down position, as shown inFig. 3.

`When in use, the wide end of the ironingboard may serve as a table formeals, or to receive dat-irons, te.

Fig. 4 shows a modification of my invention, in which the board B is notused with the smaller board C, but is hinged so as to project a certaindistance from the wall to allow the garment to be slipped over theboard. This modification will effect many of the advantages resultingfrom my invention, but is not as convenient as that form shown in theother iigures.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. As an improvement inironing-boards, a board hinged to a suitable support and having aportion of its area removed, combined with ahinged board of a shapeequal to the removed portion, and hinged supporting-brackets,substantially as set forth.

2. As an improvement in ironing-boards, the hinged boards B O, hingedsupportingbrackets c, strips a and c, and board A, all combinedsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

AUGUSTA MoBL-AIR. [L s] Witnesses:

W. R. WILcoX, W. R. SMITH.

